The key is there are 25 diagnostic symptoms they are looking for, not just how are you feeling. The medical professionals have been around Tim enough to know if he is his normal self, regardless (or is that irregardless?) of his answers. That combined with observational data on other symptoms will lead a go, no-go decision. I think some of what Dr. Cantu said about distinguishing the symptoms of a concussion from the flu (or upper respitory ailment) are the key. Tim was hit square in the chest, which could have knocked the breath out of him, couple that with getting hit on the back of the head and a mild concussion might appear to be more severe. Only time will tell, but I would bet on Tim playing at LSU. Two things that bother me about this whole situation, one being Ben Volin of the Miami Herald who is reporting all kinds of supposition as fact. He has stated several times that Tebow was out for over 2 minutes, this has not been confirmed by anyone. He also has reported that Tebow answered every question on the sideline "I don't remember", I have watch the TV broadcast several times and while I am not an expert lip reader, I don't see him saying that at all. The other thing is this whole debate over whether he should have been in the game. If he doesn't get injured are we talking about this at all? And who has the margin of lead vs. time left in game chart to show where it is safe to take out your star player? Why is no one harping on Mack Brown at Texas for leaving Colt McCoy in the 3rd quarter with a 50-7 lead? Simple, because he didn't get hurt. The play Tebow got hurt on isn't inherently dangerous to the QB, the QB just needs to make a quick read. He either throws the quick slant or rolls right for a run. Tim held the ball too long on the slant and that allowed him to get hit. It was just a football play with a terrible outcome, but could have happened in the first quarter of the Troy game or the 3rd quarter of Kentucky. Ken K MNGator
_____ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:36 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Would you play Tebow at LSU or make him rest? Problem is - I am not a medical doctor. I would be very conservative. If it means we lose games - but Tebow recovers more fully - I have no problem with that. Tebow is too special of a person to rush back into football and risk problems later on. What I would do is to get at least two or three expert doctors opinions. And probably go with the most conservative opinion. Have his family involved in the decision. I guess my point is - take the decision away from Tim himself. I am afraid Tim would rush things. If you consult 3 doctors that are experts on sports concussions and they all three agree that Tim can play at LSU - and Tim wants to - then I'd let him play. But if one doctor out of the three suggests holding him out - I would probably hold him out. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Would you play Tebow at LSU or make him rest? From: Steve McKibben <augiega...@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, September 29, 2009 2:26 pm To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com So what do you suggest? Not trying to give you a hard time, but how do you think it should be handled? If you don't believe him when he says he's OK and he always says that, do you just retire his jersey right now? Do you make him answer all questions with his hand on a bible? Do you ask the medical staff what their opinion is? Or is there some other way that hasn't occurred to me yet? --- On Tue, 9/29/09, ke...@baldwinnc.com <ke...@baldwinnc.com> wrote: We know that tebow keeps telling Meyer he is okay and we find out there were major injuries later. How do you know if Tebow is being 100% truthful with doctors and not just telling them what they want to hear? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
